1740 WORKS of SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE 2 volumes antique FOLIO in ENGLISH

THE WORKS of SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE , Bart.2 volumesLondon; 1740Folio: 9 by 14"xiv, [2], (1-6), 7-480 pp[8], 91-20, 3-585 pp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORKS of SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE , Bart. 2 volumes London; 1740 Folio: 9 by 14" xiv, [2], (1-6), 7-480 pp [8], 91-20, 3-585 pp engraved portrait frontispiece after Lely (laid down to the front pastedown) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- engraved portrait frontispiece after Lely (laid down to the front pastedown) Original leather bindings, spines with raised bands and red morocco title labels.Leather worn, vol. 2 scraped on the front board.Hinges cracked.Very good interior, occasional minor foxingText in English==============================Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628 – 1699) was an English diplomat, politician and writer. An important diplomat, he was recalled in 1679, a